Bottle-cap remover.



E. T. ALLISON.

BOTTLE CAP REMOVER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2. I914.

1,150,160. Patented Aug. 17,1915.

WITNE88E8 INVENIOR ATTORNEY- pin s rns ea s nn.

EMILY TAYLOR-ALLISON, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-car R-EMovEn.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, EMILY TAYLOR ALLI- SON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have 3 invented certain new and useful Improvements-in Bottle-Cap Removers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. 7

The invention relates'to removers for bottle-caps of the type known as crown corks, which are usually made to seal the bottle by being forced over the top thereof and crimped at the lower edge beneath a rim or ledge at the top of the bottle. Great difficulty and much inconvenience has often attended the removal of caps of'this nature, especially as the extractors for such purpose have been devices entirely separated from the bottle and often lost or out of place when most needed. This inconvenience has been most frequently experienced in homes and among families to whom the bottled beverages so capped or sealed have been supplied.

The object of the invention is to produce a simple and effective bottle cap remover the utility of which depends largely upon its permanent connection with the bottle and the facility with which it may be operated.

The improvement consists of a wire encircling the neck of the bottle below the head thereof and forming pivotal bearings or fulcrums for wire lever arms and a handle by which the same may be operated, as hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings Figure 1, is a side elevation of a bottle neck with a cap seal thereon and of the remover at rest or in the normal position which it would occupy with re spect to the bottle neck. Fig. 2, is a side elevation of the same showing the handle swung out from the bottle neck and the lever arms'acting on the cap so as to displace and remove it. Fig. 8, is a front elevation of abottle neck sealed as in Fig. 1, with the cap remover in its normal position. Fig. 4, is a cross sectional plan taken on the line 4, 4, of Fig. 2, disclosing more plainly the formation of the encircling wire and its pivotal bearings for the lever arms which appear in section;

In these drawings a, represents the bottle neck and b, the crown cork orcap. The

remover 0, is preferably formed of wire with a looped end 0 which has-aslight outward turn'as seenin Fig. 1','to:a'dmit of easy operation. The wire 0, is formed sov asto rest. against the J bottle neck between the looped end 0 and the shoulders or corners c, of the lever arm's which take a turn so as to straddle the neck of the bottle and another turn which continues to the end where eyes 0 0 are formed for the purpose of fulcruming.

The encircling wire d, may be doubled at its center so as to form a pivotal bearing cl, for one of the eyes 0 and then made to pass around the bottle neck beneath the head thereof, and the two ends are thendrawn together or twisted so as to form a pivotal bearing (Z for the other eye 0 of the other lever arm 0. The wiring, of the bottle neck sov as to provide the pivotal bearings for the lever connections is very simple and can readily be done by machine. The remover proper is not diflicult to make and the whole attachment of the parts to the neck of the bottle may be done very cheaply. The mem her 0 is preferably formed of spring wire. As the portions thereof between 0 and 03 are shaped to fit the bottle neck, it is obvious that the remover will normally lie in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and that it can only be placed in the position shown in Fig. 2 against the tension of the spring wire. It is thus evident that my improved cap remover is adapted to be used on bottles which are washed and filled by machinery, as the cap remover will not open up and prevent the passage of the bottle through the machine.

The act of removing the bottle cap simply requires an outward pull or pressure which swings the lever arms up over the bottle Specification of Letters Patent. Patentgd A116, 17 i Applioation filed Maren 2,1914. Serial No.822,1O1.

head and the shoulders 0, 0, are brought vided with laterally projecting fulcrums on I I opposite sides of the bottle neck, and an element comprising a sprlng wire member havlng 1ts ends fulcrumed 1n said laterally pronamed member intermediate its middle portion and its end portions being adapted to form bearingportions, which, when in operation, are forced against a bottle capto remove the same. 7

'2. 'A bottle cap remover comprising an element encircling a bottle neck and provided with laterally projecting fulcrums on opposite sides of the bottle neck, and an element comprising a spring wire member having its ends fulcrumed in said laterally projecting bearings, the portions of said second named member intermediate its midtions of said second named member between i said bearing portions and said fulcrumed portions'being bent to partially encircle said bottle neck, whereby when in its normal position said second named member is adapted to be held close to said bottle neck. EMILY TAYLOR ALLISON. Witnesses: SHELDON N. MOESEL,

E. L. BoWERs.

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